ERROR when packaging a binary for arch=universal

[qiqetes]

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• I have searched the issue tracker for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Electron Forge version

^6.0.0-beta.66

Electron version

19.0.0

Operating system

macOs 12.0.3

Last known working Electron Forge version

No response

Expected behavior

I expect the binaries that I add in extra resources to be considered as valid for both architectures. Or at least I want to know why the error is thrown.

{
  packagerConfig:{
    ...
    extraResource: "bin/",
    }
}

Actual behavior

I get this ERROR that I see no way of handling.

Error: Detected file "Contents/Resources/bin/mac/ffmpeg" that's the same in both x64 and arm64 builds and not covered by the x64ArchFiles rule: "undefined"

Steps to reproduce

Try to add extraResource for universal arch and make the app for universal arch.

Additional information

Full packagerConfig:

  packagerConfig: {
    icon: "./assets/app-icon.ico",
    appBundleId: "com.X.X",
    osxSign: {
      identity: "Developer ID Application: X",
      entitlements: "./process/entitlements.plist",
      "entitlements-inherit": "./process/entitlements.plist",
      hardenedRuntime: true,
    },
    extraResource: "bin/",


     osxNotarize: {
       X
     },
  }

[qiqetes]

Solved, just had to add the osxUniversal object and specify the path for x64ArchFiles

[peter-slattery]

@qiqetes Can you be more specific? I just hit this error too, and this is the first thing google turns up. At least, could you link to where you found the solution? -Thanks

[erickzhao]

@peter-slattery

This error happens when the same x64 binaries are present in both the x64 and arm64 versions of your app.

I think you would need to set up the x64ArchFiles configuration option for @electron/universal like this:

// forge.config.js
{
  packagerConfig: {
    osxUniversal: { // config options for `@electron/universal`
      x64ArchFiles: '**/_ARC4.abi3.so' // replace with any relevant glob pattern
    }
  }
}

Ref electron/universal#47

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